by Jordana Choucair | Oct 19, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court to quickly block Texas’ abortion law. The request follows a 5thS. Circuit Court of Appeals decision earlier this month to allow the law to take effect as litigation over the statute continues. The high...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 15, 2021 | Access & Coverage
A federal appeals court rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop a Texas law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks. The ruling marks the third time the conservative-leaning appeals court has sided with Texas...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 13, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The Urban Institute released a new report indicating that nearly 1 million uninsured children and parents could get insurance coverage if Congress makes temporary, enhanced income-based subsidies on the ACA’s exchanges permanent. The analysis found that uninsured...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 12, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a judge’s ruling that blocked Texas’s restrictive new abortion law while the case makes its way through the courts. The government argues that the ban on most abortions after about six weeks...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 7, 2021 | Access & Coverage
A federal judge ordered Texas to pause its restrictive new abortion law in the first successful legal challenge to the ban. According to the judge, “women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives” since the law was...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 5, 2021 | Access & Coverage
CMS announced that approximately 275,000 Missouri residents are now eligible for Medicaid coverage following the state’s ACA expansion. In addition, the state will receive $968 million in funding over the next two years through the American Rescue Plan. The...
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